巧辨只在一言中
1.Her elder sister is three years older than she.
她姐姐比她大三歲。
2.He looked around,but saw nothing.
他環顧四周,什麼也沒看見。
3.He listened,but could hear nothing.
他側耳細聽,什麼也沒聽到。
4.The old man raised his head,facing the rising sun.
老人抬起頭,面對冉冉升起的太陽。
5.He is very interested in the interesting film.
他對那個有趣的片子很感興趣。
6.He received his invitation but didn't accept it.
他收到了請柬,但沒有接受。
7.Will you lend me the book you borrowed from the library yesterday?
把你昨天從圖書館借的那本書給我看看好嗎?
8.They planted a few trees,but few of them are alive.
他們種了幾棵樹,但沒幾棵成活的。
9.He asked me for a little ink,but I had little myself.
他向我要一點墨水,可我自己的墨水也沒多少。
10.Do you speak everyday English every day?
你天天講日常英語嗎?
11.Sometimes I spend some time on novels.
有時,我花點時間看小說。
12.Eleetricety was not discovered by Edison,but he invented the electric light.
電不是愛迪生發現的,但他發明了電燈。
13.Nothing is permitted,everything is allowed.
一切都有不(明文)準許,但也不(明文)禁止。
14.Both of them went out but neither came back.
他們兩個人都出去了,但一個也沒回來。
15.English is fairly useful,but it is rather difficult to learn.
英語相當有用,但相當難學。
巧記英文信封的寫法
A.可以記住漢字「尖」字,先寫小地名,再寫大地名。
B.將豎式漢文寫法的信封,按順時針方向旋至水平位置。這樣,地址的排列順序恰巧是英文信封的書寫格式。
巧記家庭成員
爹father 娘mother 哥哥弟弟brother 姐姐妹妹sister.
long before 和before long
long 在前(long before),「很久前」, long在後(before long),「不久後」。
巧記lie和lay
躺lie,lay,lain,lie in bed again;
撒謊lie,lied,lied,don't be a liar;
產蛋lay,laid,laid,a hen laid an egg;
放置A loy picked it up,and laid it in the bag.
開、閉音節歌
開音節,音節開,
一元字母在後排;
不怕一輔堵後門,
還有啞e在門外。
(拍手念)a,e,o,u,i
就讀a,e,o,u,i
閉音節,音節閉,
一元字母生悶氣;
輔音字母堵後門,
一元字母音短急。
(拍手念)a,e,o,u,i
要讀[ ]
out of question和out of the question
無the「無問題」,(毫無疑問)
有the「有問題」,(不可能)
ie和ei歌
e-i和i-e,兩者都可讀作[i:]
i總要走在前,除非前面是個c
(ceiling,believe,field,receive,piece)
基數詞變序數詞歌
基變序,有規律
詞尾加上-ed(fourth,sixth)
一、二、三,特殊例,
結尾字母t,d,d(first,second,third)
八去t,九去e,(eighth,ninth)
ve要用 f替;(fifth,twelfth)
ty將y改成i,
th前面有個e。
若是碰到幾十幾,
前用基來後用序。
巧記以-o結尾加-es的詞
A.「兩人兩菜」(hero,negro,potato,tomato)
B.一句話 Negroes and heroes like to eat potatoes and tomatoes
C。有生命的加Es,無生命的加-s.
巧記不規則名詞單變復
男女腳步牙鵝,老鼠加蝨婆。
man-men; woman-women; foot-feet; tooth-teeth; goose-geese; mouse-mice; louse-lice.
WITHSPEM
有些動詞用過去完成時,常表示「想做而未做」的意思。可巧記其首字為組成的「withspem」,代表:wish,intend,think,hope,suppose,plan,expect,mean
Fanboys
要求前後對稱的詞語,包括可有並列連詞,其中最常見的是for,and,nor,but,or,get,so 為了便於記憶,可將其首字母連成「fanboys」.(此外,還有both...and,neither...nor,not only...but also,以及表示比較的詞語than,as...as,not so ...as,prefer...to,nather than等
從語法結構的角度看,任何從句都有三個要素,即時態與主句要響應,關聯詞使用要恰當,主要結構不倒裝。
規則動詞加Ed的讀音
清讀[t],濁元[d]
t、d後面讀[id]
一句話記名詞所有格的構成分式和用法
The children's teacher asked a friend of tom's to bring him some students' books on the first day of the month.
一句話記清輔音濁化
Some youths are walking along the paths to have baths in the houses with something in their mouths.
加-ing要雙寫的常見動詞
一個m,兩個d和g
(swim) (nod,rid) (dig,beg)
三n,四p,十個t
(run,win,begin)
(dip,drop,mop,stop)
(sit,hit,fit,set,get,let,put,regret,forget,pat)
(下加線的詞,構成過去式、過去分詞時,也須雙寫尾字母)
五種基本句型歌
英語句子萬萬千,五大句型把線牽。
句型種類為動詞,後接什麼是關鍵;
系詞後面接表語;vi獨身無牽連;
vt又可分三類,單賓雙賓最常見,
還有賓語補足語;各種搭配記心間。